Napoleon

Brewed by Brouwerij Affligem / De Smedt (Heineken)
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Opwijk, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

At De Heeren Van Liedekercke, bottle from 1990, 25 years old
Dark amber color, small persistent head. Caramel aroma and flavor, candi sugar, lightly oxidized, the aroma is less affected by age than the flavor; there is still some apple, mellow, fruity aroma; the final is lightly metallic. No bitterness. Still interesting.

Bottle at DHVL. Pours dark brown coloured with almost no head. Aromas of dried fruit, licorice, musty cellar and caramel. Flavour is oxidized with notes of yeast, caramel and licorice.

1990. Clear dark brown with a small, off-white head. Oxidized, vineous aroma, with nuts and toffee notes. Sweet and rather oxidized flavour with a little licorice.

25cl bottle @ DHVL. 1990 Vintage. Pours Amber/reddish with a small creamy white head. Oxidized and vinous nose. Very earthy. Lots of plum, yeast, caramel and liquorice. Oily and sticky. Though nearly 20 years old its still quite sippable.

Bottle 25cl. [ Vintage 1990 ].
Clear medium brown color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, chocolate, vintage malt, prune. Flavor is moderate chocolate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20081212]

(Bottle 25 cl) For some reason I had expected a pilsener in here (must have overlooked the acohol...), but nothing could be further from the truth. Guess this is what the Belgians would call a "double dark", a rich, dark, malty beer with a strong alcohol. Very complex beer with notes of dessert-wine and dried fruits + notes of both chocolate and anise. Lightly bitter finish. Yet another hidden Belgian gem. 020897

Bottled. Wow! Aged for 6 years. Bought it at Holemans in Aarschot, Belgium. Great aroma of port, prune, plum and raisin. Brown color, hazy, debris floating around, brown head, fair lace. Very strong flavors. Again prune, plum, raisin, sweet, bitter. Is this beer still brewed?

Great intens brown beer with a very small froth.Rich aroma’s of caramel,chacolate,fine malts and buttercakes.Round and smooth taste with hints of honeypops,ahorn sirop,malts and a little hint of fresh peach.In the afthertaste there is a noble touch of fine hops.Great stuff,this beer.